Local Wildlife Site

Wildlife

Where it emerges into Brent Park the watercourse is blanketed in common duckweed and is partly shielded from view from the adjacent car parks and busy roads by densely planted shrubs on both sides. The Feeder then flows beneath the North Circular and continues parallel with Woodheyes Road - mallards have traditionally bred on this stretch and are fed by residents, but have declined to a single pair, possibly due to lack of sheltered nesting sites.At the western edge of Gibbons Recreation Ground, a footbridge crosses the Feeder and here water plants include floating sweet-grass, common reed, water plantain, amphibious bistort, yellow iris, reed canary-grass and great willowherb. In the water itself is rigid hornwort, as well as curled, lesser and small pondweeds.The stretch of the Feeder south of Milton Avenue is especially interesting. Here it is generally fast flowing and clean, with a gravelly bed. The water is shallow, and beds of water-cress extend into the stream from each bank. There are also quantities of gypsywort, Nuttall's pondweed, common water-starwort, nodding bur-marigold, branched bur-reed and celery-leaved buttercup.In summer, blue-tailed damselflies are a frequent sight over the water, and emperor dragonflies can also be seen.

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